The diver from Holland Christian can cross one off of her list after she led the Calvin College women’s swimming & diving team to a 164-136 win against Hope College on Saturday at Venema Aquatic Center. It was the fourth dual meet win over Hope in her career.

The diver from Holland Christian can cross one off of her list after she led the Calvin College women’s swimming & diving team to a 164-136 win against Hope College on Saturday at Venema Aquatic Center. It was the fourth dual meet win over Hope in her career.

“It is always fun to have some good, healthy competition,” Klaasen said.

Klaasen, a former Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion, won both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. She scored 271.57 on 3-meter and 267 on 1-meter — edging Hope’s Sarah Sheridan by four points.

“I think I am a little ahead of where I was last year,” Klaasen said. “It was close. They have a lot of really good divers. I wanted to do my best.”

Klaasen has had her season end in disappointing fashion the past two years, missing out on qualifying for the NCAA Division III Championships.

The process used to consist of sending a video of dives to a panel of judges. Klaasen was not picked the past two years despite winning the MIAA championship. What made it controversial was the fact that multiple divers that finished behind her at the MIAA meet qualified for nationals.

This year, the NCAA added a zone qualifying meet — at Calvin. Klaasen already has qualified for zones and even if she doesn’t make nationals, her final meet will be at home.

“It will be awesome to end my career in a meet instead of by getting a phone call,” she said.

Klaasen pushed ahead of the field Saturday after nailing her back 1 1/2 on 1-meter.

“I always have a lot of splash on that dive, but this time, I didn’t,” she said. “It felt good.”

Klaasen got some help in holding off the rival Flying Dutch. Stephie Fox won the 200 freestyle in 1 minute, 57.23 seconds), holding off Hope All-American Libby Westrate (1:57.44).

“Fox had a great swim against Westrate,” Calvin coach Dan Gelderloos said. “We got off to a really strong start.”